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Definition of ballad-monger in English: ballad-mongernoun derogatory, archaic A composer or seller of ballads. ballad-mongers who plied their pens to eke out a living Example sentencesExamples - The Rogue would put his hand to anything, picking the pockets of poor fools like Perdita's brother, turning ballad-monger or pedlar or pilferer as occasion served.
- During the early modern period, ballad-mongers and ballad-writers were classified along with actors, beggars, and street peddlers as vagabonds.
- Lord Byron's first attack on the "ballad-monger" Southey did not prevent them from meeting on friendly terms.
- As the profession of bard declined, that of the ballad-monger took its place.
- Maidenly honour is tricked into a fatal moment of weakness which the ballad-monger, as though with a sly wink, seems actually to condone.
- The Robin Hood created by the ballad-mongers was an adaptation of the medieval outlaw figure to conform to the general conventions of the street ballad.
Synonyms poet, versifier, verse-maker, rhymester, rhymer, sonneteer, lyricist, lyrist, elegist
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